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When it comes to enshrining sensible and permanent public policy in regard to the Internet, Senator Bill Nelson, D-Fla., says there is “magic in the making,” and that by working with his colleagues in the U.S. Senate, Americans could soon enjoy a law that ensures an open yet flexible Internet. The Federal Communications Commission enacted new “net neutrality” regulations in February predicated on utility-style phone regulations. But by now, most people paying attention to the issue — including Florida’s senior senator — know that applying this outdated regime to the Internet is a high-risk strategy driven by politics instead of...

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When it comes to enshrining sensible and permanent public policy in regard to the Internet, Senator Bill Nelson, D-Fla., says there is “magic in the making,” and that by working with his colleagues in the U.S. Senate, Americans could...

The president's post-election left turn has led him to join a handful of online activists and tech company special interests seeking to regulate the Internet as a public utility style service.
This has roiled what was already a contentious debate over...

Don't you just love that mobile phone bill?
Our cellular bill for four lines arrives by mail each month, and it's a mind-boggling 38 pages. Really.
The envelope's a half-inch thick.
It seems to contain a billion entries, one for every single text,...

One out of 28 children in the U.S. has a parent in prison or jail, a rate so astonishing, and growing, that "Sesame Street" felt the need to add a fuzzy little blue-haired character, Alex, to talk about his locked-up dad.
Keeping the Alexes...

Federal officials have sued AT&T, the nation's second-largest cellular carrier, alleging that it deceived millions of customers by selling them supposedly "unlimited" data plans that the company later "throttled" by slowing...

Verizon and AT&T have been quietly tracking the Internet activity of more than 100 million cellular customers with what critics have dubbed "supercookies" — markers so powerful that it's difficult for even savvy users to escape them.
The...

Talk about a rough day at the office, how about a rough year? Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is getting bashed by angry Washington special interests for his proposal to regulate the Internet under the guise of net neutrality. These...

They usually chew the fat via short-wave radio or reach out to others simply to make friends.
But when hurricanes knock out cell phones and other lines of communications, HAM radio operators get down to business, passing along crucial information to...

Clarence V.McKee, Esq. is the President and founder of McKee Communications, Inc. which specializes in government, community, political and media relations. His clients have included Walmart Stores, the Florida Department of Children and Families, the...

Mayor Gary Resnick was first elected to the Wilton Manors City Commission in 1998, and after several re-elections, was first elected Mayor in November 2008, and re-elected in subsequent elections. Mayor Resnick is very active representing municipal...

The nation's biggest broadband providers oppose tough net neutrality regulations because they want “unfettered power” over the Internet, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday.
In his most robust defense so far of the new rules,...

A delegation of U.S. telecommunication officials is in Havana to meet with their Cuban counterparts as part of talks to restore full diplomatic relations between the countries. A Cuban government statement says Daniel Sepulveda, the U.S. coordinator for...

Rick Boucher knows as well as anybody that net neutrality is the type of complex technology topic that Congress finds difficult to handle even when Democrats and Republicans are getting along.
But the former 14-term House member, a longtime player on...

Comcast says its $45 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable will take longer than expected because of a long-running regulatory review. The country's largest cable company wants to buy Time Warner Cable Inc., the No. 2 cable provider, to create an Internet...

Tennessee's attorney general wants a federal appeals court to set aside a recent decision by the Federal Communications Commission to allow cities like Chattanooga to offer municipal broadband beyond their normal service area. State Attorney General...

Broadband providers sued the Federal Communications Commission to try to stop tough new net neutrality regulations, the first step in an expected lengthy court fight over the online traffic rules.
US Telecom, a trade group whose membership includes...

The California Public Utilities Commission has delayed until May 7 its vote on Comcast Corp.'s proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable.
The regulatory group also rescheduled a hearing in Los Angeles to receive public comment on the proposed media...

Federal regulators have proposed fining a Roanoke television station $325,000 for airing sexually explicit material. WDBJ President and General Manager Jeffrey Marks says in a statement that the material's inclusion was unintentional. He says it was a...

A top House lawmaker chastised the Federal Communications Commission for giving in to a “politically generated populist furor” in adopting tough net neutrality regulations.
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee...

PHILADELPHIA The Federal Communications Commission on Friday pushed back its deadline for reviewing two proposed mergers Comcast Corp. with Time Warner Cable Inc., and AT&T Inc. with DirecTV. The agency cited a pending federal court action...